My favorite Sam Tanenhaus quote of the year:

tnr.com

“In the end, movement conservatives got the war they wanted—both at home and abroad. It ended, at last, with the 2008 election, and the emergence of a president who seems more thoroughly steeped in the principles of Burkean conservatism than any significant thinker or political figure on the right.”

That’s right, folks, per Mr. Tanenhaus, BHO is a Burkean conservative.